Church History Lectures 2013

The lecture dates for next year have been finalised though the titles may need a little tweaking. Here’s the dates for your diary. February 11th 2013. Richard Brooks, Octavius Winslow 1808 – 1878 March 4th 2013. Daffyd Morris, Subject TBA April 8th 2013. Geoff Thomas, Cornelius Van Til

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Nick Needham History Lecture

Dr Nick Needham will be coming to Bulkington Congregational to give an extra Church History Lecture. Normally we have the three lectures in February, March & April but as he will be preaching on the Sunday he has kindly agreed to give an additional lecture. It will be great to renew fellowship with Nick and to hear [...]

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Next Church History Lecture: ‘Latimer – God’s Bulldog’

The next Church History Lecture at Bulkington Congregational Church will be given by Pastor Jeremy Walker of Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley. Also visit Jeremy’s Blog The Wanderer. Jeremy’s Subject will be: Latimer – God’s Bulldog. The lecture will take place at 7:30pm Monday 23rd April It’s important that we look back and see how God has dealt [...]

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History Lecture – Axminster after 1662 – Audio Available

The Audio for this excellent lecture by Stephen Rees is now available. Either listen here: Or right-click HERE to download. Related articles Church History Lecture – Axminster Ecclesiastica 1600-1698 (xercised.wordpress.com) 1662 and all that (eardstapa.wordpress.com) Church History Lectures 2012 (xercised.wordpress.com)

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Church History Lecture – Axminster Ecclesiastica 1600-1698

This evening we heard the second of this years Church History Lectures. And what a lecture it was! What a privilege to be there. And what a challenge to our generation! The Lecture was given by Steven Rees, minister of Stockport Grace Baptist Church with the title ‘A Church in the Wilderness  - Axminster after 1662′. This is another lecture [...]

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The Historical Adam

There’s a very helpful program on ‘The Historical Adam‘ over at The Reformed Forum. It won’t answer all your questions about the YEC / OEC debate but it’s a good start. There are a number of truths that (IMHO) must be held: The Bible is God’s revelation and final word to us, God created the [...]

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Church History Lectures 2012

Last evening we had the first of this years Church History Lectures with Gary Brady (Childs Hill Baptist Church, London) speaking on ‘The Great Ejection of 1662′. It was encouraging again for the folk at Bulkington Congregational to see a good number out to hear the lecture. Gary took the subject in broad brush strokes with many stories of [...]

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End of a Cinematic Era

I knew it was going to be demolished but driving past the old Granada (Plaza) Cinema today and seeing a massive hole in the side of the building made me realise it was the end of an era. Back in my childhood and through my late teens watching a film at the Granada was a [...]

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No Room for Truth

The other day I found myself in a girls Secondary School RE class. They were having a brief Q&A with the teacher and several of the girls asked if God was a She. There are references in the bible where God is referred to as a She they were told. The main answer as I [...]

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam – Book Review

I seem to have posted rather a lot on Islam of late. This wasn’t really intentional it’s just that circumstances – admittedly an existing interest – seemed to dictate. This was partly due to the programs aired by the BBC and I still have to post on aspects of these. The programs were a little [...]

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‘Cheating Disorder’ by Dr Peter Jones

Dr Jones sends out excellent regular articles by email. Follow the ‘Cheating Disorder’ link below to read the latest from the Truth Exchange website, read other articles and to subscribe. Here’s an extract: Cheating is a practical sign of how deeply pagan One-ism has penetrated mainstream culture in just a generation or two. If there [...]

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Augustine – Quotes from the Confessions

The church book club have just gone through the first 5 books (chapters) of Augustine’s Confessions. We intend to read through to book 9 as a group but I’d like read right through them. I’ve previously dipped very briefly into a few on-line versions but never actually read through them. There’s nothing – in my [...]

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Lutterworth, Wycliffe Church & Naseby

Nick Needham was due to lecture on the Monday evening (and had already preached on the Sunday) at Bulkington and so in the morning I picked him up from the Manse and headed off to Lutterworth complete with packed lunch. I’d just planned a brief stop in Lutterworth and then on to Overlooking the fields [...]

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History Lecture Audio Available

The audio from Monday’s lecture by Dafydd Morris ‘The Legacy of the Protestant Reformation’ is now available. Listen / Download it here: or, follow the links to download – ROCHE or Bulkington Congregational Church and search for lectures.

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The Legacy of the Protestant Reformation.

‘The Legacy of the Protestant Reformation‘ is the title of a lecture given by Daffyd Morriss last evening at Bulkington Congregational Church. The church, situated in the village of Bulkington,  is a smallish fellowship so it was a great encouragement for them to see so many there, even some in the balcony. The Pastor (Peter [...]

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